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Effects of teaching practices on life satisfaction and test scores : evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Bartolini, Stefano; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
Schools are ripe for policy intervention. We demonstrate that implementing different teaching practices is effective … not affect life satisfaction, noncognitive skills, nor test scores. We conclude that teaching practices – group discussion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794500
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TIMSS/III : Schülerleistungen in Mathematik und den Naturwissenschaften am Ende der Sekundarstufe II im internationalen Vergleich ; Zusammenfassung deskriptiver Ergebnisse
Baumert, Jürgen; Bos, Wilfried; Watermann, Rainer - 1999 - 2., überarb. Aufl.
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Instruction time, classroom quality, and academic achievement
Rivkin, Steven G.; Schiman, Jeffrey C. - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 125 (2015) 588, pp. 425-448
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The educational effects of school start times : delaying secondary school start times can be a cost-effective policy to improve students' grades and test scores
Shapiro, Teny Maghakian - 2015
The combination of changing sleep patterns in adolescence and early school start times leaves secondary school classrooms filled with sleep-deprived students. Evidence is growing that having adolescents start school later in the morning improves grades and emotional well-being, and even reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433510
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439058
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The more, the better? : the impact of instructional time on student performance
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, … - 2016
Although instruction time is an important and costly resource in education production, there is a remarkable scarcity of research examining the effectiveness of its use. We build on the work of Lavy (2015) using the variance of subject-specific instruction time within Switzerland to determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454341
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"Teaching to teach" literacy
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2016
significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually … function that affects the technology of teaching. In particular, there was phasing in of intensive support to some schools … intensive support to estimate the effect of the new 'teaching technology' on children's educational attainment. We find there to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476565
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TAs like me : Racial interactions between graduate teaching assistants and undergraduates
Lusher, Lester; Campbell, Doug; Carrell, Scott - In: Journal of public economics 159 (2018), pp. 203-224
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Beyond the basics : improving post-primary content delivery through classroom technology
Beg, Sabrin; Lucas, Adrienne M.; Halim, Waqas; Saif, Umar - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013152
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Does school safety and classroom disciplinary climate hinder learning? : evidence from the MENA region
Cahu, Paul; Quota, Manal - 2019
School safety and classroom disciplinary climate have a direct impact on teachers' ability to teach and students' ability to learn. School safety and classroom disciplinary climates have been declining in the Middle East and North Africa region, as is demonstrated in this paper using data from...
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